A speech-language pathologist should be involved with your child’s program if there is a gap in development between some of the domains (for example, language or social interaction is not developing as quickly as motor skills).

An SLP can use a coaching model to help you implement ideas from the podcast plus new strategies that target your child’s specific needs.

Your child develops a new grasp by the end of this level. They will hold objects between their thumb and other fingers.

Today’s Activity: Give your child lots of opportunities to hold smaller (safe) items like spoons and drumsticks and the string of a pull toy.

Visit www.TheInteractionCoach.com to see the directory of speech-language pathologists licensed in your area. If you can’t find one in the directory, contact me at [email protected] and I’ll track down someone for you.